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FXUS63 KLBF 262316
AFDLBF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
516 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Chance of snow late Friday night into Saturday

- Winds increase early Saturday, with strongest winds on
  Saturday afternoon for all of western and north central
  Nebraska

- Much cooler temperatures Saturday into early next week

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Issued at 423 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Thanksgiving is expected to remain mostly dry under northwest
flow aloft. Temperatures will be near normal for this time of
year with highs in the mid to upper 30s across the northern
Sandhills into north central Nebraska and in the 40s across the
Sandhills into southwest Nebraska. For Friday areas west of HWY
83 will be on the periphery of 850 WAA warming temperatures into
the upper 40s to low 50s.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 423 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

For the long term the main concern will be late Friday into
Saturday`s precipitation chances and strong winds. An
approaching upper level trof will advance eastward and ahead of
it mid- level fgen will increase, leading to an increase in
precipitation chances as we head into late Friday. At this
time, precipitation is anticipated to mainly occur after
midnight, however kept low PoPs in between 00z and 06z, to
account for slightly earlier timing of some light precipitation
in the late evening. As mentioned most of the precipitation is
expected to fall after midnight through Saturday morning into
the early afternoon. The time period for precipitation at this
time looks to be a short window of only around 12-18 hours as
isentropic downglide looks to move in fairly quickly, ushering
in drier air. Most of the precipitation should taper off by late
Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening. Forecast snowfall
amounts are expected to be around 1.5 inches or less with the
highest amounts across far eastern portions of north central
Nebraska. Confidence is moderate in seeing at least some light
snowfall accumulations across the northern Sandhills into north
central Nebraska. Uncertainty still remains across the far
northwest Sandhills where there could be some influence from
upslope that could result in some increase in the snowfall
amounts along with potentially areas of north central Nebraska
where uncertainty in snow remains as well. However at this time
probabilistic models indicated that even with the uncertainty
the likelihood of seeing accumulation amounts exceed 4 inches
in a 24 hour period is only around 10 to 30 percent at this
time.

A cold front will move through early Saturday switching winds to the
northwest with winds increasing through the day. Strongest winds
will be in the afternoon with gust of 35 to 40 mph, however there
could be some localized areas that may see wind gusts greater than
40 mph. The combination of winds and snow in the northern Sandhills
and north central Nebraska could lead to some visibility
reductions. The cold front will bring a reinforcing shot of the
cold air with low temperatures dropping into the single digits
on Saturday and highs on Sunday in the 20s, with another night
of mostly single digit lows. Wind chills on both Saturday and
Sunday night will reach a few degrees below zero across the
northern Sandhills and north central Nebraska. Will need to
continue to monitor the system as it gets closer as any shifts
in the track or timing could impact snowfall potential. There is
also a low end chance of precipitation Sunday as a weak
shortwave approaches the area, this would generally be for
locations across western and southwest Nebraska.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/...
Issued at 516 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

VFR conditions will persist the next 24 hours across western and
north central Nebraska. VFR ceilings from 5-10k feet AGL this
evening, will transition to high cloudiness with clearing skies
from west to east through daybreak. Winds will remain light
below 10kt through the end of the TAF period.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SHORT TERM...Gomez
LONG TERM...Gomez
AVIATION...Roberg